ESL (TESOL)

							              INTENSIVE TEACHER INSTITUTE IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND ESL (ITI-BE)
                                           2007-2008
                                         GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS:
                            TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (15 credits)



      COURSE TITLES                                                                  COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
      Foundations, Theory and Practice of Bilingual       Foundations, theory and practice of bilingual general and special education, multicultural
I     General and Special Education                       perspectives in education, including an overview of linguistics and English grammar.
      (3 credits)
II    Curriculum, Assessment and Methods of Teaching      Methods, materials and assessment criteria used to teach English as a second language to
      English as a Second Language in General and         limited English (LEP) proficient students, including those with disabilities, at the
      Special Education                                   elementary and secondary levels to meet the English as a Second Language Learning
      (3 credits)                                         Standards (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and assessment requirements in the
                                                          state of New York.
III   Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in English   In-depth study of the curriculum, instruction and assessment in English as a Second
      as a Second Language in General and Special         Language (ESL) instruction of limited English proficient (LEP) students, including those
      Education                                           with disabilities, to meet the ESL Learning Standards (listening, speaking, reading and
      (3 credits)                                         writing) and assessment requirements in the state of New York.

IV    (Content Area – Level I)                            Fundamentals of the second language acquisition process and its impact on literacy
      Second Language Acquisition and Literacy            development in core subject areas, including interdisciplinary practices that incorporate the
      Development in Core Subject Areas for Second        four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English through English as a
      Language Learners                                   second language (ESL) methodologies, with a focus on reading and writing in the core
      (3 credits)                                         areas of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, as indicated in the NYS Learning
                                                          Standards for grades K-12.
V     (Content Area – Level II)                           Methods, materials and assessment criteria used to teach core subject areas in English to
      Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language    limited English proficient students, including those with disabilities. Focus should be
      in Core Subject Areas                               given to meet the language arts modalities (listening, speaking, reading and writing) for
      (3 credits)                                         English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction in the content areas of Mathematics,
                                                          Science, and Social Studies, as indicated in the NYS Learning Standards for grades K-12.